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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11395
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14341
13 Actual Demand 11112
14 Aggregate Planning 12043
15 Air Cargo 9971
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6562
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34719
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15280
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19079
20 Assembly Line 22064
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22846
22 Average Speed of Answer 26484
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22932
24 Batch Production 38044
25 Bill Discounting 14362
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11071
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7055
28 Blanket Release 9909
29 Bonded Warehouse 9981
30 Booking Number 13641
31 Bottleneck 9391
32 Buffer Stock 58869
33 Build to Stock 12842
34 Bullwhip Effect 9456
35 Business Logistics 25425
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12467
37 Capacity Management 40130
38 Capacity Utilization 13963
39 Capital Intensive 8282
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8595
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12013
42 Certified Supplier 8902
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9189
45 Co-managed Inventory 12360
46 Co-Packers 11674
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6768
48 Computer-Based Training 7611
49 Consular Invoice 19581
50 Container Depot 10520
51 Container Freight Station 10214
52 Continuous Replenishment 19364
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11972
54 Contract Carrier 7274
55 Contract of Affreightment 11321
56 Control Charts 7884
57 Cost Flow 10181
58 Courier Service 15095
59 CPFR 8136
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11689
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43868
62 Date Code 18057
63 Days of Supply 19693
64 Dead on Arrival 9114
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7220
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8008
67 Detective Control 8821
68 Devanning 14129
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10765
70 Dispatching 24210
71 Distributed Inventory 8276
72 Distribution Channel Management 34485
73 Distribution Metrics 8966
74 Distribution Planning 24079
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15080
76 Double Marginalization 52478
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22173
78 Dual 5376
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20486
80 Echelon Inventory 26040
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38146
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49385
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7532
84 Efficient Frontier 25289
85 Engineer-to-Order 31565
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16251
87 Erlang B Formula 9254
88 ETD 8241
89 Ex Works 7772
90 Exception Rate 13353
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9964
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9342
94 Field Services 7680
95 Field Warehouse 9959
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8646
97 Fishbone Diagram 14506
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26834
99 Flow Through Distribution 12208
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8078
101 FOB Destination 12919
102 Forward buying 29933
103 Freight Charge 10237
104 Freight Consolidation 7449
105 Gantt Chart 8220
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11618
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29417
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12580
109 Hub 23277
110 Idle Time 7983
 
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